The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... French tapestries birds of all shapes , natural and unnatural , of all sizes and in all positions , form very important parts of the subjects themselves ; though this remark is hardly in place here , as the tapestries are of later date ...
... French tapestries birds of all shapes , natural and unnatural , of all sizes and in all positions , form very important parts of the subjects themselves ; though this remark is hardly in place here , as the tapestries are of later date ...
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... French Revolution its surrender was demanded for the purpose of covering the guns ; fortunately , however , a priest succeeded in conceal- ing it until that storm was overpast . Bonaparte better knew its value . It was displayed for ...
... French Revolution its surrender was demanded for the purpose of covering the guns ; fortunately , however , a priest succeeded in conceal- ing it until that storm was overpast . Bonaparte better knew its value . It was displayed for ...
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... French visitor of the tapestry , that pour cela , si Bonaparte avait eu le courage , le résultat auroit été comme autrefois . ' Matters , however , have taken rather a different turn . " The tapestry is coiled round a machine like that ...
... French visitor of the tapestry , that pour cela , si Bonaparte avait eu le courage , le résultat auroit été comme autrefois . ' Matters , however , have taken rather a different turn . " The tapestry is coiled round a machine like that ...
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... French Aca- demy of Inscriptions , that they may be used in com- mon with history , and as of equal authority when- ever an inquiry takes place respecting the spirit and manners of the ages in which they were com- posed . But we are ...
... French Aca- demy of Inscriptions , that they may be used in com- mon with history , and as of equal authority when- ever an inquiry takes place respecting the spirit and manners of the ages in which they were com- posed . But we are ...
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... , and explained by a regular and complete series of texts , beautifully written in * See Smith's History of the Ancient Palace of Westminster . French over each battle , to the no small admiration CHAPTER XI Tapestry.
... , and explained by a regular and complete series of texts , beautifully written in * See Smith's History of the Ancient Palace of Westminster . French over each battle , to the no small admiration CHAPTER XI Tapestry.
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